Hi Paul/Gordy,Paul Arden wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:26 am I think Gordy explained it quite well a few years ago, that the softer rod allows us to put more force in (to a given arc). This in turn alters our feeling of weight. His calculations at the time were that a flexible rod compared to a broomstick allowed us to double the amount of force we can input.
It’s a very easy test to do. We know it’s also happening in the world at large, because many casters use heavier lines than the rod suggests, but they could equally use softer rods to get the same feeling of weight with a given line that they want or expect.
A six weight line on a two weight rod will feel very heavy. But put that line on a 12WT rod and it will feel very light. This is despite the 12WT rod being much heavier than the 2WT rod and the flyline being the same in both instances.
Cheers, Paul
I don't understand why soft rods allow more force to be applied by the caster?
John